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Ep. 197 - Myst Opportunities, with Chris Remo and Mathew Kumar

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Game designer, composer, and co-creator of Idle Thumbs Chris Remo joins the panel along with Mathew “Agent of Chaos” Kumar to cover the Honda Prelude, Crossword of the Dead, and live on-air cat noises.

Questions this week:

  1. Jeff Gerstmann asks: What’s the coolest vehicle to ever appear in a video game? (04:54)
  2. Are the Myst games still good? What should people play instead? (10:55)
  3. What kind of feeling does acoustic guitar give to a game? (16:41)
  4. What’s better in a video game, an elevator or stairs? (22:45)
  5. What six C-list video game villains would you recruit for a government black ops team? (28:20)
  6. Dirtbag Gaagaagiins asks: What’s the best autoscrolling section in video games? (33:08)
  7. When and how do games successfully recontextualize frustrating tropes? (40:28)
  8. Review the concept of crossword puzzles based on their graphics and mechanics. (44:57)
  9. What are some of your favorite harmless video game hoaxes? (50:41)
  10. What is the Waiting for Godot of video games? (56:48)

    11. LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design – Jodi Picoult (01:01:44)

    Don’t you wish you could share your answers to the prompts? You can do exactly that in the forums!

    A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

    • Dennis Miller action figure
    • Musee Mechanique
    • Warthog
    • Pale Wing
    • Vic Viper
    • R-90 Ragnarok
    • Sonic mine cart
    • Honda Prelude
    • Tokyo Highway Battle
    • Fortnite Vehicles
    • Kung Fu Rider
    • Dolphin Blue
    • Nier Boar
    • OutRun
    • Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge
    • Myst
    • Riven: The Sequel To Myst
    • The Witness
    • Michael Brough
    • Stephen’s Sausage Roll
    • Habitat
    • Firewatch
    • Elevator Action
    • Snake’s ladder climb
    • Mickey Mania
    • Ys: Book I & II
    • Batman: The Telltale Series
    • The Suicide Squad
    • Rez
    • Peter Molyneux
    • Zool
    • Battletoads
    • The Adventures of Batman and Robin
    • WTF: work time fun
    • I Wanna Be The Guy
    • Chris Remo’s YouTube channel
    • The Bobby Kotick image
    • Ermac
    • Missingno
    • The Blue Box Studios thing
    • Waiting For Godot
    • SNK VS. CAPCOM Card Fighters DS
    • P.T.
    • Jodi Picoult

      Recommendations:

      Brandon: To Kill With Intrigue (1977), Walker (1987)

      Mathew: Gold Ninja Video fundraiser

      Chris: Police Story (1985)

      Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

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